European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mat third army spearhead Luzon regroup for final phase More than Ter regrouping to go japanese widely scattered american troc arc after an estimated still holding out in s made amphibious St 1 wrecked taken troops wrecks american pounded the grenades and aut Mauc 6 major goes awol in search of War a rare Case of an officer oing in an attempt to get Back into the War came before a general court martial when maj William Barrett was charged with being absent for 34 the associated press re testimony showed that bar rett Holder of the British us air medal and purple was in a reinforcement depot awaiting after several months he fled the depot and spent a month travelling m the Eto trying to persuade com Manders of various outfits to put him to he was sentenced to be reprimanded and forfeit reds renew Berlin nazis report continued from pay t there for a considerable time according to the at least seven soviet attacks were thrown against the nazis i said although they claimed a defensive they Altai of edged that there was heavy fighting in the northeastern Belt of the cites mixed gains onite mar Kina East Northern Edge of the pushing into were driving on the Mai 11 j the mountains and Ward Baguio Ila Bay coast South St at float is american failed to Twenty were on Correge have sealed o Nels where a a Are noted up planes of i Sank a transport Oil French assert ship shortage is not solved title to the that the enemy a single i Zaikovs troops struck on both sides of Kustrin after 24 hours of Artemey the germans said russian forces South of the a Tiv were reported to have struck Fow Bridgehead and to have attended to already the German High command said Zhukov aim was to break the fortress of Kustrin out of the Gei Man defense line i foresees fallout assault the new assault in the Kustrin Frankfurt area is a russian Nouy bit Burc Ber Castel Worback 1aii Saa Burys it Fol and strip Economy said in the quota of Allied ships to haul supplies French i m Berlin by Zhukov armies along the River for Alloth a marines wer Day in an a estimated captured paratroopers i 300 caves and Tun Lew survivors of the anese Garrison still a Arthurs command n japanese freighter by la Tui uhf i Arvin has not solved the the Berlin Battle which still Basic at Theiner Hwn end of the Oder l in the resupply of the great nazi poit launch Amilt Aff inst japs Arch 7 fighting Forward Tot out push against an 00 japanese still in estimated us quenched on fhe Rocky Northern end 0 Center already the Marii yesterday Par a live Lul Tilery and which were Southern Ai Small Gai Center and Marine line resisting en1 the Bellind an was the m by Back Stroni by 6 pm dead had the origin at n thirst or i their drive Ter a com Wero supported by a army fighter planes operating from iwo Field for the first were achieved in the n the left flank of the squeezing the bitterly my the Northern marines moved put artillery barrage that St intense of the Cara the japanese fought japanese eco counted on Garrison was estimated problem in the resupply of a ministry spokesman denied re was faced Force from Allied sources the City were under that a sudden reversal the ship d the great shipbuilding and Ping situation had mad available Len Vercial More than enough ships to carry been neut supplies to France from Allied a quota increased the shipping has been alleviated by an increase in Mie Quot of Allied ships allotted to haul goods to the French and by improved port facilities to Speed the quota has been increased from 31 to 36 ships for the Quanor of the live additional ships Tor period will be deducted from the quota for april the ministry spokesman enough supplies for France Are piled on to nil All cargo shins allotted for this month april and the spokesman Bonn Threa continued irom Page i in the entire area South of Rhein Bach Regan army units dashed ahead several Miles since Lasc others in the Southern Sec Tor scored easy impressive Gams g five Miles and m some More than seven Miles a Zed japanese troops Are to Vince Virit and Day to break through tile Marine lines in search of wafer they Are striking in the familar Banzai us Pla at chichi islands no British navys f am is made another strike in Boom the of lord old in Pacific War March 1 Alexander first lord of the and a Xian emphasized m the hit use of co mrnous fun gains deter la a full and worthy seeks loan of fats shipping has not been resumed Between France and her to ease the fats shortage the French government has Askea great Britain for a Short term loan of that this repaid fats i French colonies As soon As Are Awil Able to transport then Frances food hit Rock Bottom paces frequently there was Only German opposition Booby and Road blocks Weie the main impede cents to an fallout sweep to the Bonn Bridge reported out French and polish Liber ated by the first army said that the Bridge across the Rhine at Bonn was this Bridge was be iced to be Tow objective of nazi orces retreating southward the third armoured and 104th in inside the Cathedral City pushed through to Rhine and cleared the few remaining Cit Tiu is of Gniew and the vols bitter delaying prevent Koniaev from Seesaw i lighting raging around s and s coi Respo Nie Leiser the teaming an was inching despite vicious a which scorched the Fields in the Ossenberg ripped up houses in de reports into that the germans were All their artillery Amik ignition scurrying across the River artillery  elsewhere on the b Consolia ver All was tranquil a or artillery Small ets of resistance betwee and Sheinberg were thed prisoner Roll fir first and the oiled up to did not include the prisoner Battle to preve smashing through in a flankm0 attack against the capital cat wins finite order of the hat marshal Rodion Mains i second ukrainian army fighting through Strong Ger resistance in the wooded Ter of the Carpathian a natured the czechoslovak hit use o Mina Tion of play a full and to Imit in Tri speedy overthrow of japanese japanese the statement came As London naval Chiles denounced As pure rubbish reports that the British Fleet Wai Likely to prove an in tartar in the Alex under asserted that the Royal Navy Hotd battleships and carriers Cap Able of american War ships in far Eastern Alexander disclosed that the Pacific Flett now included the Battle ships Onsen Elizabeth and Vahan tote Cruiser the French battleship and British aircraft Sci British the nether and american and Cologne the eighth div cleared the towns of Rondorf and running into a few tames bus no the first div Cland the towns of per Hoim and Blotz Dore and toot the town of where from to who Cologne refugees were found the ninth cleared Alft Erand were within Yards of which lies three Miles West of Bonn fourth advances Between Bonn and the Mosel tanks of the fourth div were rumbling through the Eue unchecked since their breakthrough finn the kill River bldg Shea to Avn 36 the reached four Miles South East of Mayen and 14 Miles from figure sin third 900 More than 900 tors and flying eighth of yes rats tuesday Withan attack the Ruhr and rail into that great German to the american fceavies1 included three be Molla Oil refinery at into to y one Hll a Northeast or viaduct and two i on rail lines Leadin of ancient inner Cologne is a War the one Mitchell Miles to a Point drive brought 12 Miles continued from Page 1 Small houses and enough away from the marshalling Yards and the Industrial sectors and the Bridges completely the inner Cit Vall that made hat was looking for for anything that can and Earth have work to City Dies March e la Veteran screen died too and most of Are in the outer residential Ting Thoi few Stilt downtown come out of deep cellars like rats and like rats prowl through the wreckage one who knew Cologne de fore the War would not want to it now except Tor morbid visit it now they need not look again for the town dating trom the 14th Century Tor the Furze met the banquet Hail in the Days of Tel guilds for the Stapel Haus or old fish the Bank of Rhine to the Many picturesque old gabled houses in the Boll the Frankc Sturm and the butter they Are a few people still remained in those sectors by Thev were till they were the american soldiers in the tank tha almost reached the the Gei fan soldiers who fought while the rest left the civilians caught pow Ling the ruins by the Las Allied air american soldiers need no books for same distance trom from the ties weight p4 Thund of the ninth rest an urgent Call of nov bombed pm Smy Tea cent rations on the bar West of Wesel it Man Are River 50 no fits few and Iso a Viuca of free and one half Miles Northeast of nth of combined by tha Canadian first and ninth armies narrowed the enemy s Wesco Bridgehead to a strip eight Miles Ion and five to seven Miles deep How Many enemy divisions it remained in the vanishing Bri behead was not by evident nazis were fighting stubbornly to guard their last is i Cap routes in the 5tharmygi 5 mlle Siki h March 1 american troops of the 11 have driven to wafd five three Days and Sei Tain positions in the bologmpiatoift1 f today communique the limited the Cess Ful in Italy off last saturday after h Lerv the 5fac the enemy off halt a Dos Tain while their captured the of the area is less than 20 Miles in was reported although the ins attempt by German beaten Aca